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THEORY SAMPLING [6 records]

Record 1 2014-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Études et analyses environnementales

Spanish

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Record 2 1993-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Auditing (Accounting)
  • Government Accounting

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vérification (Comptabilité)
  • Comptabilité publique

Spanish

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Record 3 1991-09-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Surveys

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondages et enquêtes (Statistique)

Spanish

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Record 4 1984-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
  • Demography
DEF

The theory which is involved with drawing samples which are representative of a population.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
  • Démographie

Spanish

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Record 5 1977-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
OBS

Network densities, where sampling locations are representative, and the elements randomly distributed, may be determined using sampling-error theory. The standard error of the mean is, under these circumstances, inversely proportional to the square root of the sample size(...). Over a period of time, the mean error in inversely proportional to the square root of the length of record(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
OBS

Là où les sites de prélèvement sont représentatifs, et où les éléments sont distribués au hasard, on peut déterminer les densités de réseau par la théorie de l'erreur d'échantillonnage. L'erreur "standard" de la moyenne est, par rapport à ces facteurs, inversement proportionnelle à la racine carrée de la dimension de l'échantillon (...). Sur une certaine période de temps, l'erreur moyenne est inversement proportionnelle à la racine carrée de la période de compilation (...)

Spanish

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Record 6 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics
OBS

--a study of sampling distributions of statistics for small samples

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique

Spanish

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